Education: Well Begun Is Half Done

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^{* Most of the successful applicants will have a top school
record, a tested IQ above 125, an average score in the 80th percentile
on Secondary School Admission Tests. In rejecting 80% of its applicants
(including more than half of alumni sons), Andover finds that the least
successful are the poorest; poor boys often go to poor schools and do
badly on tests. Only 16% of U.S. families have incomes above $10,000
but 43% of Andover's scholarship applicants are in that category.}